Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The Big Red One

Good news on the home furnishing front!

B-man on the Big Red One, smiling on the inside

After looking high and low, B-man and I have fallen in love with a red leather sectional for our living room.

We're not sure it will work. It's probably too big for the space and it's...red. Still, we love it, and the absurdity of it all has us both a bit squealy (that's the furniture equivalent of twirly, if you were wondering).

But I guess a leather couch means I am no longer a vegan like I was back in the day.

That one day.

Well, most of one day.

We considered the same sectional in black (actually, it's called tobacco), thinking it would be a bit safer. But that just seems so heavy, so predictable and manly-man. Like the first step toward antlers on the wall and a bearskin rug in front of the fireplace.

With its head still attached.

Hell to the No.

Before Inner Critic gets all, 'where's my high horse,' let me just describe for you, in detail, the furniture we've been living with for almost 20 years.

It's beige.

B-man and I made a secret pact (with one of our typically uncoordinated high fives) to De-Beige, Break Out Of Our Rut, Think Outside The Box and Shake Things Up.

To help with this process, B-man created a mini living room - to scale - with mini paper furniture (also to scale). That way, we can see if the sectional fits and also play with our paper tables, lamps and other stuff to find the right configuration.

It's fun living with a creative math geek.

We really hope it works. If a big-ass, raspberry red leather curved sectional doesn't make us fugitives from Beige Lock-down, what on earth will?